Jake-isms
Little Mr. Jake is growing up so FAST! He's a walking, talking, machine these days! Leah and I have been noticing how our baby translators are finely tuned and can make sense of the many words and phrases Jake's been uttering. Here are a few of my favorites, with phonetic spelling included to most closely resemble how Jake says them:
1) Mobby-do-it: This is an easy one. He's trying to say, "Let me do it" but it often gets clumped in with other phrases. For example, "Mobby-up" or "Mobby feed cats", stuff like that. It just sounds so damn CUTE when Jake says it!
2) Doin' Daddy bidness: Many months ago, when Jake was first starting to eat at the kitchen table without his high chair, he wanted to climb up on my chair. I remember saying to him, "What? You trying to get in my business, mister?!?" Ever since, when Jake is done eating at his chair, he'll declare, "Do Daddy bidness" and walk to my side of the table and up on my lap and to see what I'm eating. Mommy gets 'da bidness' too. It's gotten to the point where we both are just waiting for Jake to get in our business after dinner.
3) Princeth: This is Jake's way to say "Princess" and it gets used any time he's wearing a special robe or funny hat, or necklace. He'll see a lady with a hair accessory, point, and say, "Look! A princeth!" He doesn't quite have the S's and TH's down yet, much to our amusement. When we went to the NY Deli on Christmas Day, the waitress had ribbons in her hair. Jake said she looked like a princess, and from then on she was smitten. She brought him a special cookie, some extra goodies, and generally made Jake feel like a king.
4) What's dat?: Ah, the eternal question being asked by toddlers everywhere. Jake just loves to ask this question, or he'll say, "Lookadis!" and hold something up that he just pulled out of a drawer or bag. He wants to know it all and wants to know it NOW!
5) Dat's a old dude: This morning, Jake was giving me 'da bidness' as I was reading the sports section of the paper, and pointed to a picture. I beat him to it, and asked him, "What's dat?" Without missing a beat, he says, "Dat's a old dude!" I think I said that one time when we were reading the newspaper and looking at some old politician. Guess it stuck!
1) Mobby-do-it: This is an easy one. He's trying to say, "Let me do it" but it often gets clumped in with other phrases. For example, "Mobby-up" or "Mobby feed cats", stuff like that. It just sounds so damn CUTE when Jake says it!
2) Doin' Daddy bidness: Many months ago, when Jake was first starting to eat at the kitchen table without his high chair, he wanted to climb up on my chair. I remember saying to him, "What? You trying to get in my business, mister?!?" Ever since, when Jake is done eating at his chair, he'll declare, "Do Daddy bidness" and walk to my side of the table and up on my lap and to see what I'm eating. Mommy gets 'da bidness' too. It's gotten to the point where we both are just waiting for Jake to get in our business after dinner.
3) Princeth: This is Jake's way to say "Princess" and it gets used any time he's wearing a special robe or funny hat, or necklace. He'll see a lady with a hair accessory, point, and say, "Look! A princeth!" He doesn't quite have the S's and TH's down yet, much to our amusement. When we went to the NY Deli on Christmas Day, the waitress had ribbons in her hair. Jake said she looked like a princess, and from then on she was smitten. She brought him a special cookie, some extra goodies, and generally made Jake feel like a king.
4) What's dat?: Ah, the eternal question being asked by toddlers everywhere. Jake just loves to ask this question, or he'll say, "Lookadis!" and hold something up that he just pulled out of a drawer or bag. He wants to know it all and wants to know it NOW!
5) Dat's a old dude: This morning, Jake was giving me 'da bidness' as I was reading the sports section of the paper, and pointed to a picture. I beat him to it, and asked him, "What's dat?" Without missing a beat, he says, "Dat's a old dude!" I think I said that one time when we were reading the newspaper and looking at some old politician. Guess it stuck!